(02-05) 08:33 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- A man trying to cross the street near San Francisco City Hall was badly injured by a hit-and-run driver early Wednesday, one day after another pedestrian was killed in the city, police said.

The latest victim was walking west on Grove Street and crossing Van Ness Avenue at 2:23 a.m. when a car, possibly a sport utility vehicle, driving south on Van Ness slammed into him, said police spokesman Sgt. Eric O'Neal.

The driver left without stopping, O'Neal said. The pedestrian, described as being in his 50s, was taken to San Francisco General Hospital with life-threatening injuries.

On Tuesday, 78-year-old Isaak Berenzon was hit and killed while crossing Sunset Boulevard at Yorba Street. The driver and her two passengers were injured.

Police have not identified the driver or said whether she could face charges.

Berenzon was the second pedestrian fatality in San Francisco in 2014. The first happened at the same spot as Wednesday's hit-and-run.